Mystery Guess – Christmas Special
Yule Grinner - a cheesy Christmas card
As regular visitors will know, I usually post a close up picture of a plant and ask you to guess its name, but as it’s Christmas I’ve give the quiz a twist. The picture above is one of many corporate Christmas cards that I’m delighted to be sent each year. Rather than depict a robin, Santa on a sleigh or a wintery landscape, this one shows a sepia tinged, bird’s eye view of some glasshouses. Do you know the name of the nursery that sent me the card? If you do, post your answer, keep your fingers crossed and you may be a winner. If you don’t, have a wild guess anyway. As ever, there are no prizes to be won, but you will become the first winner of the Mystery Guess Christmas Special. Oh, and if you’ve been sent the same card, do keep schtum. Good guessing everyone. Ho-ho-ho!
Is it Ford Open Prison?
I really wish you celebs would stop taking photos of my empire.
Is it Blooms of Bressingham?
Hi Martyn,
I can’t even see the the image on the card. Was there not much money in the Christmas budget?
So I’ll side with Arabella on the prison front and guess HMP Everthorpe.
West Kington Nursery?
Here’s a clue – if you knew the answer it would bring tears to your eyes.
W Robinson & Sons? AKA Mammoth Onions?
If not it’s HMP Send.
I’m with CG on this (Robinson’s not Send)
All I know is that they haven’t bothered to send me a card.
don’t know. usually go by car to these places, not helicopter.
anyone seen any guerrilla garlanded xmas trees?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/6834434/Attack-of-the-guerrilla-garlanders.-Do-raised-beds-raise-the-tone-Gardening-super-tax.html
After that clue I think it’s been guessed already. The only other person I can think of who knows his onions (apart from everyone in Geordieland and I suspect that even they don’t have that kind of setup nor ‘taste’ in cards) is Medwyn Williams.
I can’t believe I didn’t know this. I mean, how can I not have a perfect recall of the aerial images of all UK nurseries? I feel inadequate and ill-educated. Thanks Martyn!
Constant Gardener certainly knows her onions, correctly guessing that the nursery that sent me the Christmas card was W.Robinson & Son, home of the Mammoth Onion!! Well done, pop open the champagne and scoff a mince pie because you are the final winner of Mystery Guess 2009.
I’m very chuffed. Thank you for the champers and mince pies Martyn – nicest thing anyone’s given me so far this Christmas.
It almost makes up for the fact that they haven’t sent me a card either. They sent me a whole packet of Bedfordshire Champion onion seeds last year. At least I’m in good company with The Hat. Happy humbugs to you too, Mr Robinson. Harrumph.
do I get a second place?